Meray Maddah

Screenshot of a UNSCR debate saying "The President: I now give the floor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Education, and Sport of the Principality of Liechtenstein."

Small states with their interesting combinations of policy fields 😅

Late to the party. New publication with Axel Bayer in the International Political Science Review about political interactions of MPs in Zambia that switched their party affiliation. doi.org/10.1177/0192...

The Pardee Institute's Country and Organizational Leader Travel (COLT) dataset is freely available to use and a great resource for studying global patterns of diplomacy: korbel.du.edu/pardee/count...

theloop.ecpr.eu/world-leader...

From 🇩🇪 Merz’s sprint through Paris, Warsaw & Brussels to 🇮🇳 Modi’s Maldives visit & 🇺🇸 Trump’s Riyadh debut, inaugural trips reveal:

- Regional alliances
- Religious symbolism (🇵🇱→Vatican)
- Strategic pivots (🇮🇱→Jordan, 🇺🇸→Saudi Arabia)
- Global South leaders favor neighbors, not former colonizers.

🚨 New piece for @ecpr.bsky.social's @ecprtheloop.bsky.social — @maxheermann.bsky.social & I map trips of world leaders using @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social's COLT of over 78K+ foreign trips by heads of state and gov from 1990-2023.
Reference: bsky.app/profile/jose...

(2) Remember the rapid early trips of "Außenkanzler" Friedrich Merz? In a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social, @meraymaddah.bsky.social and I explore a rich new dataset on diplomatic travels to analyse where state leaders go for their inaugural foreign visits.
bsky.app/profile/ecpr...

World leaders use their first foreign trips to signal political priorities World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol. They are carefully crafted political stories. Meray Maddah and Max Heermann analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover st...

🌐 World leaders' first foreign trips reveal more than diplomatic protocol - they are carefully crafted political stories.
✈️ @meraymaddah.bsky.social and @maxheermann.bsky.social analyse inaugural diplomatic journeys to uncover stability and change in global networks
👇 bit.ly/4lY2FHQ

BJPolS abstract discussing how authoritarian regimes use legislative institutions to cope with economic and policy challenges, using the example of Kuwait's National Assembly and collaborative policy mechanisms.

From May 2025 -

Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R

- @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York

#OpenAccess

📢📢📢 CfP: What is a Parliament?

***Hurry! Deadline is this Friday!***

Interdisciplinary workshop on 19th September 2025 in London.

Full details below.

Kindly sponsored by Birkbeck, the University of Birmingham and
@psa-parliaments.bsky.social

Please apply and/or spread the word!

How are the classic social identities (urban-rural, education, etc. ) and perceptions about those groups related to a persons own European and national identity? Read it here (in fantastic company) in print

And here it is: introducing the European Political Science Society EPSS!

🎉🎉🎉

Follow @epssnet.bsky.social on bsky, visit its website www.epssnet.org, and become a member!

🏳️‍🌈This Pride Month, we are proud to support an initiative that challenges the systemic invisibility in data.

Representation isn’t optional — it drives equity and action.
When entire communities are erased from datasets, injustice gets coded in.

We’re working to change that.

📢📢📢 JOBS: 4 postdocs 📢📢📢

Uni Münster has opened a call for 4! postdoc positions. I'm involved in one hiring and really hope that suitable candidates (in particular quants) apply!

Why would you apply? Check out @thiloalbers.bsky.social FAQ!

sites.google.com/site/tnhalbe...

Overleaf is down. Everyone take the day off

🌟 Thanks to the @winls.bsky.social for the opportunity to present on international parliamentary assemblies and their influence on gender-mainstreaming policies!
Special thanks to the organisers @emisimison.bsky.social and for the great and helpful discussion points by @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social

Who deserves representation, and when? August De Mulder, Ine Gevers & @zeljkopoljak.bsky.social unpack the temporal dynamics of politicians’ claims of representation on social media: buff.ly/sTufzit

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #ECRs

Attending #MPSA2025 and interested in how IOs interact with gender representation across different political systems?
Join us for the panel on "Substantive Representation"
📍 Sat, April 5 | 11:40am–1:10pm CDT / 12:40–2:10pm EDT
I’ll be presenting our coauthored work with @dalangmalang.bsky.social

The latest #afkarDebate analysed #Lebanon's reconstruction, governance, economic, and security challenges with Aurélie Daher and @meraymaddah.bsky.social.

A webinar hosted by @andrealopeztomas.bsky.social.

Watch the full latest webinars devoted to #Lebanon and #Syria 👇🏽

youtu.be/1gjPsLzY0Qg?...

How will #Lebanon address challenges such as reconstruction, forming a new government, and Hezbollah’s disarmament? What role will the international community play?

Do not miss our upcoming #afkarDebate

🗓️ Friday 28 March 12-1 pm
💻 On Zoom
🌐 iemed.org/events/leban...

This framing is super important

Coverage has often implied there's something 'wrong' with men: "why are they lurching right?"

But in many countries, the strongest ideological shift has been among young women.

Please share / RT:

***Call for papers: Conference on "Representation, Democracy, and the Economic Backgrounds of Politicians"***

Paper proposals should be submitted by February 21, using this form: forms.gle/Stz7apkkHTgt...

Please direct any questions to centerforglobaldemocracy@vanderbilt.edu.

BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.

NEW -

The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hMcJCi

- @carnes.bsky.social, Joshua Ferrer, @mgoldenprof.bsky.social, @esmelillywhite.bsky.social, @noamlupu.bsky.social & @eugenian.bsky.social

#OpenAccess

Thrilled to share that I'll be a visiting research scholar at @harvard.edu 's Department of Government.
Grateful for this opportunity and looking forward to learning more from the department’s faculty and students.

📍If you are in the area, I will be at Cambridge’s Knafel Building.

What is the Middle East? I'm thrilled to announce publication of my hopefully provocative new Element!

What is the Middle East? I’m thrilled to announce the publication- and free download - of my new, hopefully provocative Cambridge Element on the theory and practice of regions and area studies. Get it now and let me know what you think!

abuaardvark.substack.com/p/what-is-th...

Congratulations @jannisgrimm.bsky.social!
Looking forward to reading it.

The article is now published 🎈 please check it out if you're interested in #Lebanon #revolution and the micro-dynamics of social mobilization!

Menasky conflictsky
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you!

Would love to read through the simulation study, but perhaps there's another DOI?

Egypt under El-Sisi: a nation on the edge Published in Democratization (Ahead of Print, 2025)

With my colleague @thaddaea.bsky.social, I reviewed @magedmandour.bsky.social's new book "Egypt under El-Sisi" for @democratization.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Conference: Local Party Politics (LoPaPol) Local government is of increasing importance for citizens. In many European countries, the same logic of party government that we have on the national level is transferred to the local level. Yet we k...

On April 8 and 9 together with colleagues I am organizing LoPaPol, a conference about local party politics. We would be more than happy to see you there! (register before February 1!) www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...